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Parishad fails to popularise Sanskrit among students
THE UP Sanskrit Shiksha Parishad appears to have miserably failed in popularising the subject among the students in the city. The number of students opting for degree in Sanskrit subject has considerably gone down this year.
THE UP Sanskrit Shiksha Parishad appears to have miserably failed in popularising the subject among the students in the city. The number of students opting for degree in Sanskrit subject has considerably gone down this year.
Special Sanskrit course was introduced for the students who wanted to excel in the subject and to receive a certificate of excellence for making specific career in this direction. During the year 2003, about 596 students had taken admission in all the 16 colleges in the city. The number reduced in the year 2004 and only 464 students took admission in these schools.
However, in the year 2005 about 533 students were admitted to these colleges.
But many of the students left the course in mid session and did not complete the first year course. Others left it before they were admitted to second and third year. This year, the total number of students in these colleges was less than 400.
At SBS College in Parmat, there was one student in first and the second year. Similarly, from BS Sanskrit Vidyalaya only a single student has appeared at the second year examination.
While in 16 colleges there is no student in the third year, about all the five colleges have less than 30 students. Very few colleges have succeeded to register at least 40 students in all three years course.
According to the principals of these colleges, not only the students but the parents have also adopted an indifferent attitude towards the Sanskrit subjects. They feel that there was no career opening after completing three years course except that of Sanskrit teacher or of ‘purohiti’. But both the careers were not very rewarding in terms of financial status. The purohit’s job could be done without completing the course, they feel.
Besides, the complicated syllabus and difficult course books, irregular examination schedule and delayed results also discouraged the students taking admission to this course.
The teachers told the Hindustan Times that most of the student left the course in the mid session, as they could not cope up with the language. On the other hand, the students and their parents alleged that Sanskrit teachers acted as the strict custodians of the Indian culture and they treated the students in a rough manner, which made the students averse to pursue the course.
